One year later, Xu Xing was startled and surprised to see another Immortal Green Destiny, [Yanshen Body], in his Ideation Space.
Right, my ’resolve with soldiers’ was successful, and I became a Corpse Liberation Immortal. he mused. Having already achieved a ’Realm,’ cultivating these Yin Soul Cultivation Methods naturally yields twice the results with half the effort.
Xu Xing understood after some thought.
After consolidating the Immortal Green Destiny [Yanshen Body], he shifted his consciousness and arrived in another world.
To soar with transcendent beings, to embrace the bright moon unto eternity.
Xu Xing’s Yin Soul ascended, floating beneath the moonlight, absorbing its essence.
His Yin Soul glowed with a faint white light, like the Immortals of legend.
After his ’resolve with soldiers’ made him an Underground Lord, Xu Xing spent seventy percent of his time researching array techniques and the Hexagonal Black Jade Array Platform in the Underworld. The remaining thirty percent was dedicated to studying the Withered Wood Sword Scripture and the Great Sun True Scripture, as well as the foundational Spells of the Immortal Foundation Realm.
Thirty years after his ’resolve with soldiers’, Xu Xing once ventured out of the Underworld and discovered, by chance, that he could absorb moonlight. So, he would occasionally emerge to bathe in the lunar glow, refining his Yin Soul.
Is this the Yanshen Body?
As the Xu Xing in Reality solidified the [Yanshen Body] with Dao Fruit, his Yin Soul gained an indescribable, almost mystical sensation. It felt as if he had more control.
He examined the description of the [Yanshen Body], pondering this Innate physique.
[Yanshen Body (Immortal Green): Possesses innate Yin Soul talent. Every thirty years, the Yin Soul can undergo a metamorphosis, increasing Divine Sense by ten percent, and bestowing the Innate talent, Yan Shen Silver Pupil.]
Yan Shen Silver Pupil?
In mid-air, Xu Xing slowly descended, approaching some birds. Then, a silver light flashed in his eyes as he gazed at a hawk.
In that instant, the hawk plummeted to the ground, dead.
Xu Xing quickly moved to retrieve the hawk’s corpse, cradling it.
He carefully examined the hawk and found not a single wound on its body.
Only, there was no trace of its soul remaining.
Although the Shocking Spirit Pierce is powerful... he considered. It’s not certain that it would be as effective against Cultivators in Reality as it was against this hawk. The Immortal Base is not only a condensation of Magic Power but also an integration of the three treasures: essence, qi, and spirit. Unless my strike can directly destroy a Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s Immortal Base... otherwise, it won’t be as effective.
Xu Xing shook his head.
However, another thought soon occurred to him.
Not everyone is like me, having forged a Flawless Immortal Foundation that is incredibly resilient. Most cultivators have flawed Immortal Bases. For these cultivators, the integration of the three treasures—essence, qi, and spirit—is not perfect. Thus, they might not be able to effectively resist my Shocking Spirit Pierce.
On the contrary, the Shocking Spirit Pierce could have a miraculous effect against such cultivators.
It’s time to explore the Underworld in Qingli World again.
Xu Xing made his decision.
Although a Yin Soul’s lifespan is longer than Yangshou, he had already spent nearly six hundred years in the Qingli World.
This duration was equivalent to the lifespan of a Returning Core cultivator in Reality.
According to his estimates, his Yin Soul would begin to weaken in another one or two hundred years. Moreover, the decay of a Yin Soul was even more tragic than a mortal’s decline, as it would slowly lose its intellect and memories.
After about five days of subterranean travel, Xu Xing once again arrived at the valley in the Qingli World’s Underworld, near the Hexagonal Black Jade Array Platform that the goat-hooved monster had left behind.
He unleashed a surge of soul force, causing the spoon inside the Array Platform to rotate.
As long as I don’t end up in the world that goat-hooved monster went to. he prayed. That world surely harbors an existence capable of easily crushing me. If that goat-hooved monster could obliterate the Underworld of an entire World, its so-called ’Master’ must be even more formidable.
Simultaneously, he took out several jade stones imbued with Spiritual Energy and set up a basic Spirit Gathering Array.
He had painstakingly sought these Spiritual Energy-imbued jade stones in the Instance World.
In an instant, as the spoon shifted, the Hexagonal Black Jade Array Platform pulsed with a blinding, dark light.
It seems there’s still energy, just as I predicted... he thought. I just need to activate it.
Xu Xing clutched the Heavenly Demon Copper Scroll and plunged headfirst into the dark, vortex-like opening that had formed on the surface of the Black Jade Array Platform.
Immediately, he once again experienced the profound dizziness he had felt when Giant Sword Daoist Monarch plucked him from the Heavenly Gate Array and transported him to the inner palace. It was as if he were traversing layers of space.
After an unknown period, Xu Xing finally tumbled out from some point in space, dazed and disoriented.
He looked around and found himself in a dark cave, not the other Underworld he had anticipated. Beside him was a Hexagonal Black Jade Array Platform, identical to the one in the Qingli World’s Underworld.
The Silver Tadpole Text on the spoon’s handle pointed towards two characters: "Qing Li."
Not good! Retreat, quickly!
Just as Xu Xing prepared to leave the dark cave and investigate, a blood-red figure suddenly shot towards him like an arrow, a fist simultaneously punching towards his abdomen.
Such potent blood energy...
Xu Xing recoiled instantly, intending to use his Yin Soul’s nature to merge into the Rock of the dark cave.
However, the Blood Shadow’s speed was at least double his own.
The dark cave quaked violently, and Xu Xing, who had merged into the cave’s Rock, was forcibly ejected. His Yin Soul sizzled as the blood energy radiating from the Blood Shadow burned it, white steam rising from him.
Seeing that death was inevitable, Xu Xing didn’t hesitate.
He unleashed a Shocking Spirit Pierce. Seizing the brief moment the Blood Shadow was dazed, he immediately detonated his Yin Soul, dissipating into nothingness.
Enduring tribulations and dangers in the Instance World, then avoiding calamities and seeking blessings in Reality... This was the plan Xu Xing had long established; he naturally wouldn’t begrudge the loss of his ’other self’ in the Instance World.